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A53046	The life of the thrice noble, high and puissant prince William Cavendishe, Duke, Marquess and Earl of Newcastle ... written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle, his wife.	Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.	1667 (1667)	Wing N853; ESTC R30741	100,054	226

to believe there were none by reason they would themselves confess it if strictly examined To which my Lord answer'd That though for his part he cared not whether there were Witches or no yet his Opinion was That the Confession of Witches and their suffering for it proceeded from an Erroneous Belief viz. That they had made a Contract with the Devil to serve him for such Rewards as were in his Power to give them and that it was their Religion to worship and adore him in which Religion they had such a firm and constant belief that if any thing came to pass according to their desire they believed the Devil had heard their prayers and granted their requests for which they gave him thanks but if things fell out contrary to their prayers and desires then they were troubled at it fearing they had offended him or not served him as they ought and asked him forgiveness for their offences Also said my Lord they imagine that their Dreams are real exterior actions for example if they dream they flye in the Air or out of the Chimney top or that they are turned into several shapes they believe no otherwise but that it is really so And this wicked Opinion makes them industrious to perform such Ceremonies to the Devil that they adore and worship him as their God and chuse to live and dye for him Thus my Lord declared himself concerning Witches which Mr. Hobbes was also pleased to insert in his fore-mentioned Book But yet my Lord doth not count this Opinion of his so universal as if there were none but imaginary Witches for he doth not speak but of such a sort of Witches as make it their Religion to worship the Devil in the manner aforesaid Nor doth he think it a Crime to entertain what Opinion seems most probable to him in things indifferent for in such cases men may discourse and argue as they please to exercise their Wit and may change and alter their Opinions upon more probable Grounds and Reasons whereas in Fundamental matters both of Church and State he is so strict an Adherent to them that he will never maintain or defend such Opinions which are in the least prejudicial to either One proof more I 'le add to confirm his Natural Understanding and Judgment which was upon some Discourse I held with him one time concerning that famous Chymist Van Helmont who in his Writings is very invective against the School-men and amongst the rest accuses them for taking the Radical moisture for the fat of Animal Bodies Whereupon my Lord answer'd That surely the Schoolmen men were too wise to commit such an Error for said he the Radical moisture is not the fat or tallow of an Animal but an Oily and Balsamous Substance for the fat and tallow as also the watery parts are cold whereas the Oily and Balsamous parts have at all times a lively heat which makes that those Creatures which have much of that Oyle or Balsom are long-liv'd and appear young and not onely Animals but also Vegetables which have much of that Oyle or Balsom as Ivy Bayes Laurel Holly and the like live long and appear fresh and green not onely in Winter but when they are old Then I ask'd my Lord's Opinion concerning the Radical heat To which he answer'd That the Radical heat lived in the Radical moisture and when the one decayed the other decayed also and then was produced either an unnatural heat which caused an unnatural dryness or an unnatural moisture which caused Dropsies and these an unnatural coldness Lastly His Natural Wit appears by his delight in Poetry for I may justly call him the best Lyrick and Dramatick Poet of this Age His Comedies do sufficiently shew his great Observation and Judgment for they are composed of these three Ingredients viz. Wit Humour and Satyre and his chief Design in them is to divulge and laugh at the follies of Mankind to persecute Vice and to encourage Virtue 10. Of his Natural Humour and Disposition MY Lord may justly be compared to Titus the Deliciae of Mankind by reason of his sweet gentle and obliging Nature for though his Wisdom and Experience found it impossible to please all men because of their different humours and dispositions yet his Nature is such that he will be sorry when he seeth that men are displeased with him out of their own ill Natures without any cause for he loves all that are his Friends and hates none that are his Enemies He is a Loyal Subject a kind Husband a Loving Father a Generous Master and a Constant Friend His natural Love to his Parents has been so great that I have heard him say he would most willingly and without the lest repining have begg'd for his daily relief so God would but have let his Parents live He is true and just both in his words and actions and has no mean or petty Designs but they are all just and honest He condemns not upon Report but upon Proof nor judges by Words but Actions he forgets not past Service for present Advantage but gives a present Reward to a present Desert He hath a great Power over his Passions and hath had the greatest tryals thereof for certainly He must of necessity have a great share of Patience that can forgive so many falfe treacherous malicious and ungrateful Persons as he hath done but he is so wise that his Passion never out-runs his Patience nor his Extravagancies his Prudence and although his Private Enemies have been numerous yet I verily believe there is never a subject more generally beloved then He is He hates Pride and loves Humility is civil to Strangers kind to his Acquaintance and respectful to all persons according to their Quality He never regards Place except it be for Ceremony To the meanest person he 'll put off his Hat and suffer every body to speak to him He never refuses any Petition but accepts them and being informed of the business will give a just and as much as lies in him a favourable answer to the Petitioning Party He easily Pardons and bountifully Rewards and always praises particular mens Virtues but covers their Faults with silence He is full of Charity and Compassion to persons that are in misery and full of Clemency and Mercy in so much that when he was General of a great Army he would never sit in Council himself upon Causes of Life and Death but granted Pardon to many Delinquents that were condemned by his Council of War so that some were forced to Petition him not to do it by reason it was an ill president for others To which my Lord merrily answer'd That if they did hang all they would leave him none to fight His Courage he always shew'd in Action more then in Words for he would Fight but not Rant He is not Vain-glorious to heighten or brag of his Heroick Actions Witness that great Victory upon Atherton-moor after which he would not suffer his Trumpets to

ordered the then Clerk of the Peace of that County That the same account should be recorded amongst the Sessions Roles and be published in open Sessions to the end that the Country might take notice how their monies were disposed of for which act of Justice My Lord was highly commended Within some few years after King Charles the First of blessed Memory His Gracious Soveraign in regard of His true and faithful service to his King and Country was pleased to honour him with the Title of Earl of Newcastle and Baron of Bothal and Heple which Title he graced so much by His Noble Actions and Deportments that some seven years after which was in the Year 1638. His Majesty called him up to Court and thought Him the fittest Person whom He might intrust with the Government of His Son Charles then Prince of Wales now our most Gracious King and made him withal a Member of the Lords of His Majesties most honourable Privy Council which as it was a great Honour and Trust so He spared no care and industry to discharge His Duty accordingly and to that end left all the care of governing his own Family and Estate with all Fidelity attending His Master not without considerable Charges and vast Expences of his own In this present Employment He continued for the space of three Years during which time there happened an Insurrection and Rebellion of His Majesties discontented Subjects in Scotland which forced His Majesty to raise an Army to reduce them to their Obedience and His Treasury being at that time exhausted he was necessitated to desire some supply and assistance of the Noblest and Richest of his Loyal Subjects amongst the rest My Lord lent His Majesty 10000 l. and raised Himself a Voluntier-Troop of Horse which consisted of 120 Knights and Gentlemen of Quality who marched to Berwick by His Majesties Command where it pleased His Majesty to set this mark of Honour upon that Troop that it should be Independent and not commanded by any General Officer but onely by his Majesty Himself The reason thereof was upon this following occasion His Majesties whole body of Horse being commanded to march into Scotland against the Rebels a place was appointed for their Rendezvous Immediately upon their meeting My Lord sent a Gentleman of Quality of his Troop to His Majesties then General of the Horse to know where his Troop should march who returned this answer That it was to march next after the Troops of the General Officers of the Field My Lord conceiving that his Troop ought to march in the Van and not in the Rear sent the same Messenger back again to the General to inform him That he had the honour to march with the Princes Colours and therefore he thought it not fit to march under any of the Officers of the Field yet nevertheless the General ordered that Troop as he had formerly directed Whereupon My Lord thinking it unfit at that time to dispute the business immediately commanded his Cornet to take off the Princes Colours from his staff and so marched in the place appointed choosing rather to march without his Colours flying then to lessen his Masters dignity by the command of any subject Immediately after the return from that expedition to his Majesties Leaguer the General made a complaint thereof to his Majesty who being truly informed of the business commended my Lords discretion for it and from that time ordered that Troop to be commanded by none but himself Thus they remain'd upon duty without receiving any pay or allowance from His Majesty until His Majesty had reduced his Rebellious Subjects and then My Lord returned with honour to his Charge viz. The Government of the Prince At last when the whole Army was disbanded then and not before my Lord thought it a fit Time to exact an account from the said General for the affront he pass'd upon him and sent him a Challenge the place and hour being appointed by both their Consents where and when to meet My Lord appear'd there with his Second but found not his Opposite After some while his Opposite's Second came all alone by whom my Lord perceiv'd that their Design had been discover'd to the King by some of his Opposite's Friends who presently caused them both to be confined until he had made their Peace My Lord having hitherto attended the Prince his Master with all faithfulness and duty befitting so great an Employment for the space of three years in the beginning of that Rebellious and unhappy Parliament which was the cause of all the ruines and misfortunes that afterwards befell this Kingdom was privately advertised that the Parliaments Design was to take the Government of the Prince from him which he apprehending as a disgrace to Himself wisely prevented and obtained the Consent of His late Majesty with His Favour to deliver up the Charge of being Governor to the Prince and retire into the Countrey which he did in the beginning of the Year 1641 and setled himself with his Lady Children and Family to his great satisfaction with an intent to have continued there and rested under his own Vine and managed his own Estate but he had not enjoyed himself long but an Express came to him from His Majesty who was then unjustly and unmannerly treated by the said Parliament to repair with all possible speed and privacy to Kingston upon Hull where the greatest part of His Majesties Ammunition and Arms then remained in that Magazine it being the most considerable place for strength in the Northern parts of the Kingdom Immediately upon the receipt of these His Majesties Orders and Commands my Lord prepared for their execution and about Twelve of the Clock at night hastned from his own house when his Familie were all at their rest save two or three Servants which he appointed to attend him The next day early in the morning he arrived at Hull in the quality of a private Gentleman which place was distant from his house forty miles and none of his Family that were at home knew what was become of him till he sent an Express to his Lady to inform her where he was Thus being admitted into the Town he fell upon his intended Design and brought it to so hopeful an issue for His Majesties Service that he wanted nothing but His Majesties further Commission and Pleasure to have secured both the Town and Magazine for His Majesties use and to that end by a speedy Express gave His Majesty who was then at Windsor an account of all his Transactions therein together with his Opinion of them hoping His Majesty would have been pleased either to come thither in Person which He might have done with much security or at least have sent him a Commission and Orders how he should do His Majesty further Service But instead thereof he received Orders from His Majesty to observe such Directions as he should receive from the Parliament then sitting Whereupon he was

Debts like Thunder-bolts by which he was in danger of being utterly undone had not Patience and Prudence together with Heavens Blessings saved him from that threatning Ruine 5. He never repined at his Losses and Sufferings because he lost and suffered for his King and Countrey nay so far was he from that that I have heard him say If the same Warrs should happen again and he was sure to lose both his life and all he had lest him yet he would most willingly sacrifice it for His Majesties Service 6. He never connived or conspired with the Enemy neither directly nor indirectly for though some Person of Quality being sent in the late Wars to him into the North from His late Majesty who was then at Oxford with some Message did withal in private acquaint him that some of the Nobility that were with the King desired him to side with them against His Majesty alledging that if His Majesty should become an absolute Conqueror both himself and the rest of the Nobility would lose all their Rights and Priviledges yet he was so far from consenting to it that he returned him this answer namely That he entred into actions of War for no other end but for the service of His King and Master and to keep up His Majesties Rights and Prerogatives for which he was resolved to venture both his Life Posterity and Estate for certainly said he the Nobility cannot fall if the King be Victorious nor can they keep up their Dignities if the King be overcome This Message was delivered by word of mouth but none of their names mentioned so that it is not certainly known whether it was a real truth or not more probable it was that they intended to sound my Lord or to make if possible more division for certainly not all that pretended to be for the King were His Friends and I my self remember very well when I was with Her Hajesty the now Queen-Mother in Oxford although I was too young to perceive their intrigues yet I was old enough to observe that there were great Factions both amongst the Courtiers and Soldiers But my Lords Loyalty was such that he kept always faithful and true to His Majesty and could by no means be brought to side with the Rebellious Party or to juggle and mind his own Interest more then his Majesties Service and this was the cause that he had as great private Enemies at Court as he had publick Enemies in the Field who sought as much his ruine and destruction privately and ●ould cast aspersions upon his Loyalty and Duty as the●● did publickly oppose him In short that it may appear the better what loyal and faithful services my Lord has done both for His late Majesty King Charles the First and His now Gracious Master King Charles the Second I have thought fit to subjoin both Their Majesties Commendations which they were pleased to give him when for his Great and Loyal Services they confer'd upon him the Titles and Dignities of Marquess and Duke of Newcastle A Copy of the Preamble of My Lord's Patent for Marquess Englished Rex c. Salutem WHereas it appears to Us That William Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne besides his most Eminent Birth and splendid Alliances hath equalled all those Titles with which he is adorned by Desert and hath also wonne them by Virtue Industry Prudence and a stedfast Faith Whilest with dangers and expences gathering together Soldiers Armes and all other War-like Habiliments and applying them as well in Our Affairs as most plentifully sending them to Us having fore-thought of Our Dignity and security he was ready with Us in all Actions in Yorkshire and governed the Town of Newcastle and Castle in the mouth of Tyne at the time of that fatal Revolt of the People who were got together and with a Bond of his Friends did opportunely seize that Port and settled it a Garison bringing Armes to Us then Our onely relief In which Service so strongly going on which was of grand moment to our affairs We do gratefully remember him still to have stood to Afterwards having Mustered together a good Army Our self being gone else-where the Rebels now enjoying almost all York-shire and the chiefest Fortress of all the Country now appearing to have scarce refuge or safety for him against the swelling Rebels the whole Country then desiring and praying for his coming that he might timely relieve them in their desperate condition And leading his said Army in the midst of Winter gave the Rebels Battel in his passage vanquish'd them and put them to flight and took from them several Garisons and places of Refuge and restored Health to the Subjects and by his many Victories Peace and Security to the Countryes Witness those places made Noble by the death and flight of the Rebels in Lincoln-shire Gainsborough and Lincoln in Derby-shire Chesterfield but in York-shire Peirce-bridge Seacroft Tankerly Tadcaster Sheffield Rotheram Yarum Beverly Cawood Selby Halifax Leeds and above all Bradford where when the Yorkshire and Lancashire Rebels were united and Battel joined with them when Our Army as well by the great numbers of the Rebels as much more the badness of Our ground was so prest upon that the Soldiers now seemed to think of flying He their General with a full Carier commanding two Troops to follow him broke into the very rage of the Battel and with so much violence fell upon the right Wing of those Rebels That those who were but now certain of Victory turn'd their backs and fled from the Conqueror who by his Wisdom Virtue and his own Hand brought death and flight to the Rebels Victory and Glory to Himself Plunder to the Soldiery and 22 great Guns and many Ensigns to Us. Nor was there before this wanting to so much Virtue equal Felicity for Our most beloved Consort after a dismal Tempest coming from Holland being drove ashore at Burlington and undergoing a more grievous danger by the excursions of the Rebels then the tossing and tumbling of the Sea He having heard of it speedily goes to Her with his Army and dutifully receiveth Her in safety brings Her and with all security conducts Her to Us at Oxford Whereas therefore the aforesaid Earl hath raised so many Monuments of His Virtue and Fidelity towards Us Our Queen Children and Our Kingdom when also he doth at this time establish with safety and with His Power defend the Nothern parts of Our Kingdom against the Rebels when lastly nothing more concerns Mankind and Princes and nothing can be more just then that he may receive for his Deeds a Reward suitable to his name which requires that he who defends the Borders should be created by Us Governour of Marquess of the Borderers Know therefore c. A Copy of the Preamble of My Lord's Patent for DUKE Englished Rex c. Salutem WHereas Our most beloved and faithful Cousin and Counsellor William Earl and Marquess of Newcastle upon Tyne c. worthy by

sound but came quietly and silently into the City of York for which he would certainly have been blamed by those that make a great noise upon small causes and love to be applauded though their actions little deserve it His noble Bounty and Generosity is so manifest to all the World that I should light a Candle to the Sun if I should strive to illustrate it for he has no self-designs or self-interest but will rather wrong and injure himself then others To give you but one proof of this noble Vertue it is known that where he hath a legal right to Felons Goods as he hath in a great part of his Estate yet he never took or exacted more then some inconsiderable share for acknowledgment of his Right saying That he was resolved never to grow rich by other mens misfortunes In short I know him not addicted to any manner of Vice except that he has been a great lover and admirer of the Female Sex which whether it be so great a crime as to condemn him for it I 'le leave to the judgment of young Gallants and beautiful Ladies 11. Of His outward Shape and Behaviour HIs Shape is neat and exactly proportioned his Stature of a middle size and his Complexion sanguine His Behaviour is such that it might be a Pattern for all Gentlemen for it is Courtly Civil easie and free without Formality or Constraint and yet hath something in it of grandure that causes an awful respect towards him 12. Of His Discourse HIs Discourse is as free and unconcerned as his Behaviour Pleasant Witty and Instructive He is quick in Reparties or sudden answers and hates dubious disputes and premeditated Speeches He loves also to intermingle his Discourse with some short pleasant stories and witty sayings and always names the Author from whom he hath them for he hates to make another man's Wit his own 13. Of His HABIT HE accouters his Person according to the Fashion if it be one that is not troublesome and uneasie for men of Heroick Exercises and Actions He is neat and cleanly which makes him to be somewhat long in dressing though not so long as many effeminate persons are He shifts ordinarily once a day and every time when he uses Exercise or his temper is more hot then ordinary 14. Of His DIET IN his Diet he is so sparing and temperate that he never eats nor drinks beyond his set proportion so as to satisfie onely his natural appetite He makes but one Meal a day at which he drinks two good Glasses of Small-Beer one about the beginning the other at the end thereof and a little Glass of Sack in the middle of his Dinner which Glass of Sack he also uses in the morning for his Breakfast with a Morsel of Bread His Supper consists of an Egg and a draught of Small-beer And by this Temperance he finds himself very healthful and may yet live many years he being now of the Age of Seventy three which I pray God from my soul to grant him 15. His Recreation and Exercise HIS prime Pastime and Recreation hath always been the Exercise of Mannage and Weapons which Heroick Arts he used to practise every day but I observing that when he had over-heated himself he would be apt to take cold prevail'd so far that at last he left the frequent use of the Mannage using nevertheless still the Exercise of Weapons and though he doth not ride himself so frequently as he hath done yet he takes delight in seeing his Horses of Mannage rid by his Escuyers whom he instructs in that Art for his own pleasure But in the Art of Weapons in which he has a method beyond all that ever were famous in it found out by his own Ingenuity and Practice he never taught any body but the now Duke of Buckingham whose Guardian He hath been and his own two Sons The rest of his time he spends in Musick Poetry Architecture and the like 16. Of His Pedigree HAving made promise in the beginning of the first Book that I would join a more large Description of the Pedigree of my Noble Lord and Husband to the end of the History of his life I shall now discharge my self and though I could derive it from a longer time and reckon up a great many of his Ancestors even from the time of William the Conqueror He being descended from the most ancient family of the Gernouns as Cambden relates in his Britannia in the Description of Derbyshire yet it being a work fitter for Heralds I shall proceed no further then his Grandfather and shew you onely those noble Families which my Lord is allied to by his Birth My Lord's Grandfather by his Father as is formerly mentioned was Sir William Cavendish Privy-Counsellor and Treasurer of the Chamber to King Henry the Eighth Edward the Sixth and Queen Mary who married two Wives by the first he had onely two Daughters but by the second Elizabeth who was my Lords Grandmother he had three Sons and four Daughters whereof one Daughter died young She was Daughter to Iohn Hardwick of Hardwick in the County of Derby Esq and had four Husbands The first was Barlow Esq who died before they were bedded together they being both very young The second was Sir William Cavendish my Lord's Grandfather who being somewhat in years married her chiefly for her beauty she had so much power in his affection that she perswaded him to sell his Estate which he had in the Southern parts of England for he was very rich and buy an Estate in the Northern parts viz. in Derbyshire and thereabout where her own friends and kindred liv'd which he did and having there setled himself upon her further perswasion built a Mannor-house in the same County call'd Chattesworth which as I have heard cost first and last above 80000 l. sterling But before this House was finish'd he died and left six Children viz. three Sons and three Daughters which before they came to be marriageable she married a third Husband Sir William St Loo Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth and Grand Butler of England who dying without Issue she married a fourth Husband George Earl of Shrewsbury by whom she left no Issue The Children which she had by her second Husband Sir William Cavendish being grown marriageable the eldest Son Henry married Grace the youngest Daughter of his Father in Law the said George Earl of Shrewsbury which he had by his former Wife Gertrude Daughter of Thomas Manners Earl of Rutland but died without Issue The second Son William after Earl of Devonshire had two Wives the first was an Heiress by whom he had Children but all died save one Son whose name was also William Earl of Devonshire His second Wife was Widdow to Sir Edward Wortly who had several Children by her first Husband and but one Son by the said Will. Cavendish after Earl of Devonshire who dyed young His Son by his first Wife William Earl of Devonshire